THE AGREEMENT

Victoria Lassiter destroyed Sebastian Knight’s tech company and won $200 million. He retaliated by firing her best friend. Two years of courtroom battles made them professional enemies. So when Sebastian walks into her office proposing they fake-date for three months, Victoria’s first instinct is to throw him out.

His dying grandmother’s ultimatum: bring home “the one” by Christmas or lose the $5 billion company he built. His solution? A forty-page contract hiring the woman who hates him most. Her price? Five million dollars for her legal clinic and her best friend’s job back. The terms: public appearances, family dinners, Christmas deadline. No feelings, strictly business.

Except somewhere between staged kisses and Sunday dinners with his grandmother who sees through everything, the fake relationship becomes real. Victoria sees past his arrogance to the grieving man with survivor’s guilt. Sebastian discovers the ruthless lawyer secretly runs a pro bono clinic. Then Victoria finds the evidence: Sebastian’s code caused the data breach he blamed others for. He lied under oath. Someone’s blackmailing him. And she holds proof that could send him to prison.

Now she must choose—her integrity or her heart. When Sebastian confesses to his board and faces consequences, Victoria declines her dream job in Denver and stands by him. Some agreements are written in contracts. But the ones that matter are written on the heart.

TROPES:
• Fake Dating (with a contract!)
• Enemies-to-Lovers
• Billionaire Hero
• Lawyer Heroine
• Forced Proximity
• Manhattan Corporate Setting
• Power Couple
• Redemption Arc
• Second Chances
• Found Family
• He Falls First
• Slow Burn Romance

HEAT LEVEL: Sweet/Wholesome (Fade to Black)